Golf marathon raises money for junior program

The weather cooperated on Tuesday to help the golfers shoot their best. (Nic Wackerly / Estes Park Trail-Gazette)

From sunrise to sunset, five Estes golfers played a marathon round of golf to raise money for Estes Valley Junior Golf.

The golfers, Mark Miller, Austin Logan, Skip Peck, Tim Hull and Brad Doggett, combined to complete 450 holes and raised around $3,100 on Tuesday, according to Logan. This was the 23rd Annual Golf Marathon at the Estes Park 18-Hole Golf Course. The money raised goes to the junior golf program, whose mission is to provide golf programs that are safe, affordable, and enjoyable for children ages six to 17 and to deliver these programs with a high level of professionalism and expertise.

"This is my fourth year doing it," Logan said. "I grew up in the junior golf program and reaped some of the benefits of it, so now it is good to give my time back to it."

The five golfers combined to play 450 holes of golf. (Nic Wackerly / Estes Park Trail-Gazette)

Logan knows the positive impact the junior golf program can provide and it is important for him to give back. The money raised helps provide safe and updated equipment to those in the program. Logan said making golf more available to youngsters is valuable because there are many skills and life lesson that can be experienced through the game.

"It is really important because it helps put the game of golf into everybody's lives who wants it, juniors especially, and what is good about golf is that it has so many great values it can teach you and I think it is important that a lot of our young people are exposed to that," Logan said. "It is going to make a difference in someone else's life and that is why this program is so great."

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In order to raise the most money possible for the junior golf program, the golfers play as long as they could to try and hit the pledge caps. There were three different levels of pledges, each raising a specific amount for every par, birdie and eagle made during the marathon.

"We try to max out the pledges every year," Logan said.

The five golfers played quickly trying to get in as many holes as possible. The weather cooperated and did not hinder their attempt to raise money.

The golfers played as quickly as possible on Tuesday to make sure they reached the pledge cap. (Nic Wackerly / Estes Park Trail-Gazette)

"It is a blast when the weather is nice," Logan said. "It is a great day today and we are very happy with that."

The money raised on Tuesday will all go to the junior golf program and help kids have fun playing the game and learn a few valuable lessons along the way.

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